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AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

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AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
RegionAsia
Number of teams~16
Qualifier forFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions Iran (3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Iran
 Japan
(3 titles each)
Websiteafc.com
2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

The AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup is the main championship for beach soccer in Asia, contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the sport's version of the better known AFC Asian Cup in association football.

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions; the tournament also acts as the qualification route for Asian nations to the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

The championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play, without having to earn their place).[2] FIFA currently allocate Asia three berths at the World Cup[3] and hence top three teams qualify to the World Cup finals.[1]

Asia's governing body for football, the AFC, organise the championship. However, it was not originally an AFC competition – it was created by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW)[4] under the title, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier;[5][6] they organised the first six editions. During this time it also became informally known by the misnomer, the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[7] In 2015, the AFC adopted the competition and branded it using its informal title in an official capacity; they jointly organised that year's edition with BSWW.[8] Since 2017, the AFC have been sole organisers.[1] For 2021, the competition was renamed as the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, bringing it in line with the naming of other AFC senior national tournaments.[9]

Japan are the most successful nation with three titles and having also qualified for the World Cup on every occasion.

Results

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For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (except for 2009, when only the top two teams qualified as one of the AFC spots was automatically given to the World Cup hosts, United Arab Emirates).

Tournament names
  • 2006–2019: AFC Beach Soccer Championship
  • 2021–present: AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Year Location Final Third place play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2006
details
United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
5–3
Japan

Iran
6–4
China
2007
details
United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
4–3
Japan

Iran
6–0
Bahrain
2008
details
United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
4–3
Japan

Iran
4–1
China
2009
details
United Arab Emirates Dubai United Arab Emirates[a]
Japan
4–2
Bahrain

Oman
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)

Iran
2011
details
Oman Muscat, Oman
Japan
2–1
Oman

Iran
6–2
United Arab Emirates
2013
details
Qatar Doha, Qatar
Iran
6–6 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)

Japan

United Arab Emirates
3–2
Australia
2015
details
Qatar Doha, Qatar
Oman
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)

Japan

Iran
8–3
Lebanon
2017
details
Malaysia Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Iran
7–2
United Arab Emirates

Japan
6–3
Lebanon
2019
details
Thailand Pattaya, Thailand
Japan
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)

United Arab Emirates

Oman
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)

Palestine
2021
details
Thailand Phuket, Thailand Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Teams to play at the World Cup handpicked by the AFC.[10]
2023
details
Thailand Pattaya, Thailand[10]
Iran
6–0
Japan

Oman
4–2
United Arab Emirates
2025
details
Thailand Thailand
a. ^ Despite being hosts and defending champions, the United Arab Emirates did not participate in the championship as they had already qualified automatically for the 2009 World Cup as its host nation.

Teams reaching the top four

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
 Japan 3 (2009, 2011, 2019) 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2023) 1 (2017) 10
 Iran 3 (2013, 2017, 2023) 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015) 1 (2009) 9
 United Arab Emirates 2 (2007*, 2008*) 2 (2017, 2019) 1 (2013) 2 (2011, 2023) 7
 Oman 1 (2015) 1 (2011*) 2 (2009, 2019) 1 (2023) 5
 Bahrain 1 (2006) 1 (2009) 1 (2007) 3
 China 2 (2006, 2008) 2
 Lebanon 2 (2015, 2017) 2
 Australia 1 (2013) 1
 Palestine 1 (2019) 1
* Hosts

Summary (2006-2023)

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Rank Team Part M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
1  Japan 10 49 35 1 2 11 261 124 +137 109
2  Iran 10 47 33 1 1 12 279 123 +156 102
3  United Arab Emirates 9 42 30 0 1 11 178 116 +82 91
4  Oman 7 34 23 0 4 7 148 80 +68 73
5  Bahrain 9 39 20 1 2 16 129 122 +7 64
6  China 10 39 12 0 2 25 112 171 –59 38
7  Lebanon 5 21 8 1 0 12 88 71 +17 26
8  Palestine 3 14 7 1 0 6 48 52 –8 23
9  Thailand 5 16 5 0 0 11 40 57 –17 15
10  Uzbekistan 6 21 5 0 0 16 72 94 –22 15
11  Afghanistan 4 15 4 1 0 10 48 58 –10 14
12  Australia 2 8 3 0 1 4 25 24 +1 10
13  Kuwait 4 13 3 0 1 9 44 61 –17 10
14  Iraq 5 15 2 1 1 11 41 83 –42 9
15  Saudi Arabia 2 8 2 0 1 5 23 36 –13 7
16  Malaysia 3 12 2 0 0 10 33 72 –39 6
17  Laos 1 3 1 0 0 2 11 21 –10 3
18  Qatar 4 14 1 0 0 13 30 85 –55 3
19  Vietnam 1 3 0 0 0 3 11 14 –3 0
20  India 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 10 –5 0
21  Syria 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 –13 0
22  Kyrgyzstan 2 6 0 0 0 6 12 40 –28 0
23  Indonesia 2 6 0 0 0 6 10 42 –32 0
24  Philippines 3 9 0 0 0 9 13 90 –77 0

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points

Awards

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By category

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Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper Fair play Ref.
United Arab Emirates 2006 Japan Takeshi Kawaharazuka 9 Bahrain Abdullah Omar Iran Hamed Ghorbanpour not awarded [7]
United Arab Emirates 2007 Iran Farid Boulokbashi United Arab Emirates Bakhit Alabadla United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Mazam [8]
United Arab Emirates 2008 Japan Shusei Yamauchi 12 United Arab Emirates Rami Al Mesaabi Japan Shingo Terukina [9]
United Arab Emirates 2009 Iran Moslem Mesigar Bahrain Yaqoob Al Nesuf Japan Tomoya Ginoza [10]
Oman 2011 Japan Takeshi Kawaharazuka
Oman Ishaq Al-Qassmi
8 Oman Yahya Al Araimi Japan Shingo Terukina [11]
Qatar 2013 Iran Moslem Mesigar 11 Japan Ozu Moreira Australia Simon Jaeger [12]
Qatar 2015 Japan Takasuke Goto 8 Japan Ozu Moreira Iran Peyman Hosseini [13]
Malaysia 2017 Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari 12 Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari not awarded[a]  Iran [14]
Thailand 2019 Japan Ozu Moreira 9 Japan Ozu Moreira  United Arab Emirates [15]
Thailand 2023 Japan Takuya Akaguma 11 Iran Moslem Mesigar Iran Mahdi Mirjalili  Oman [16]
  1. ^ In 2017 and 2019, the "best goalkeeper" was not awarded. However, the goalkeepers chosen for the "dream team" of the tournament may be considered as the de facto best goalkeepers for these years.

By nationality

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Rank Team Awards
1  Japan 12
2  Iran 10
3  United Arab Emirates 4
4  Oman 3
5  Bahrain 2
6  Australia 1

Team of the tournament

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Since 2017, the competition's Technical Study Group have produced a post-tournament report including a dream and reserve "team of the tournament".

Year Dream team Reserve team Ref.

Malaysia 2017

Japan Shingo Terukina (GK)
Japan Ozu Moreira (DF)
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Beshr (DF)
Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (FW)
Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW)

Iran Peyman Hosseini (GK)
Iran Hassan Abdollahi (DF)
United Arab Emirates Ali Karim (MF)
Japan Takaaki Oba (MF)
Lebanon Mohamad Merhi (FW)

[17]

Thailand 2019

United Arab Emirates Mohamed Abdulla (GK)
Japan Ozu Moreira (DF)
United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr (DF)
Oman Yahya Abyoua (FW)
Japan Shusei Yamauchi (FW)

Japan Shingo Terukina (GK)
State of Palestine Maisara Alawwab (DF)
Oman Mushel Hilal (DF)
United Arab Emirates Walid Mohammad (DF)
Japan Takuya Akaguma (FW)

[18]

Thailand 2023

Iran Mahdi Mirjalili (GK)
Japan Ozu Moreira (DF)
Iran Moslem Mesigar (FW)
Japan Takuya Akaguma (FW)
Oman Khalid Al Oraimi (FW)

Japan Shinya Shibamoto (GK)
United Arab Emirates Ali Mohammadi (DF)
Iran Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW)
Oman Sami Al Balushi (FW)
Iran Ali Mirshekari (FW)

[19]

Appearances and performance timeline

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The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made.

Legend
Timeline
Year
Team
2006
United Arab Emirates
(6)
2007
United Arab Emirates
(6)
2008
United Arab Emirates
(6)
2009
United Arab Emirates
(7)
2011
Oman
(11)
2013
Qatar
(16)
2015
Qatar
(14)
2017
Malaysia
(12)
2019
Thailand
(15)
2023
Thailand
(16)
Apps
 Afghanistan × × × × •• 11th × 6th 12th 13th 4
 Australia × × × 5th × 4th × × × × 2
 Bahrain 1st 4th × 2nd 6th 9th 7th 5th 6th 6th 9
 China 4th 5th 4th 7th 5th 7th 6th 12th 9th 7th 10
 India × 6th × × × × × × × × 1
 Indonesia × × × × 11th × × × × 16th 2
 Iran 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 7th 1st 10
 Iraq × × × × 9th 10th 12th 9th 13th × 5
 Japan 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 10
 Kuwait × × × × 10th × 9th × 11th 8th 4
 Kyrgyzstan × × × × × × × × 15th 14th 2
 Laos × × × × × × 10th × × × 1
 Lebanon × × × × × 8th 4th 4th 5th 10th 5
 Malaysia × × × × × × × 8th 8th 15th 3
 Oman × × × 3rd 2nd 5th 1st 7th 3rd 3rd 7
 Palestine × × × × •• 6th •• × 4th 11th 3
 Philippines 6th × 6th × × 16th × × × × 3
 Qatar × × × × •• 15th 14th 11th 14th × 4
 Saudi Arabia × × × × × 12th × × × 9th 2
 Syria × × × × 8th × × × × × 1
 Thailand × × × × × 13th 13th 10th 10th 5th 5
 United Arab Emirates 5th 1st 1st × 4th 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 4th 9
 Uzbekistan × × 5th 6th 7th 14th 8th •• × 12th 6
 Vietnam × × × × × × 11th × × × 1

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

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The following is a performance timeline of the AFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend
Team \ Years Brazil
2005[†]
Brazil
2006
Brazil
2007
France
2008
United Arab Emirates
2009
Italy
2011
French Polynesia
2013
Portugal
2015
The Bahamas
2017
Paraguay
2019
Russia
2021[†]
United Arab Emirates
2023
Total
 Bahrain QF R1 2
 Iran R1 R1 R1 R1 QF QF 3rd 3rd 8
 Japan 4th QF R1 R1 QF R1 QF QF R1 4th 2nd QF 12
 Oman R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 5
 Thailand R1 1
 United Arab Emirates R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 QF 8
Notes
  1. ^
    In 2005 and 2021, no AFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and teams were selected to represent AFC (2005: Japan and Thailand; 2021: Japan, Oman and United Arab Emirates).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Competition Regulations. Asian Football Confederation. 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Regulations FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ Gaich, Rémi (11 January 2016). BSWW competitions / National teams. Barcelona: Beach Soccer Worldwide. pp. 14, 15, 19.
  6. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - AFC Qualifier Qatar Archived 2020-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ See the following for examples: [1]; [2]; [3][dead link]; [4]; [5]; [6].
  8. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – AFC Qualifier Qatar Regulations. Asian Football Confederation. 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  9. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b ""الآسيوي" يبلغ الاتحاد اللبناني بمواعيد بطولاته الجديدة" (in Arabic). Lebanese Football Association. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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